The visible parts of Stacy weren't the only things the Ohm were attacking. Deep inside the core, an Ohm hacker had been tracing the ship's signals and being incredibly effective at it. Traveling amongst the millions of tubes and dataflow, the anti-virus programs and firewalls put up by the crew had left it mostly undaunted, and it was making incredibly rapid, dangerous progress. Even more so when it began to lay down creatures in all of the dataveins as it moved along, causing chaos and trying to overload the systems.
|| Attention Cortana, Andromeda. I believe that an Ohm hacker is trying to get to my main programming AI core. Due to the path it is undertaking, I calculate that we have around thirty minutes before it succeeds completely. It is also sending creatures to permanently disable the breathing and gravity functions on the ship. Both of you must hurry and get a small team of the crewmen to help you. ||
The situation could turn incredibly dire soon, especially if the ship already had a lot of complications that needed to be fixed. But this was a different beast entirely - an inside job that would require things not yet tested. Moreover, since a lot of the crew was currently occupied fighting off the Ohm, they'd need to get the team established very quickly.
"You realize how risky this is? We've never really sent humans into the dataflow before." Cortana crossed her arms, the worry about the safety of the crew evident. "Still, if it's the only way..." She was already busy fighting against some of the virus bugs, trying to buy the both of them as much time as possible. Sadly, it was a losing battle for them both. The hacker simply was too powerful faced alone.
"Considering our alternatives, we don't have much of a choice," the other AI answered, already busy scanning the database to select individuals still counted as being present on the ship. While this could be a perfect opportunity to piggyback into Stacy's system themselves and get their questions answered, she knews that this was neither the time nor place. The needs of many outweigh the needs of the few, and if the crew had no air, there would be too many deaths on their hands. She opened up a message to all those she could establish contact with. "This is AI Andromeda asking for emergency aid. We've got an Ohm hacker trying to get into Stacy's core and we need your aid in stopping it. If you are able to do so, please head toward this room." A small map appeared to guide them, the arrow pointing toward their destination. "If you are close enough to make it without injuring yourselves from the current attacks, please rendezvous there. We shall activate the data machine in three minutes. Understand that the process has never been tested before and could be potentially hazardous." The AI was not one to mince words. "Cortana and myself will greet you and explain more once you arrive."
Upon arriving to the room, the crew would notice a large laser-like machine that was attached to Stacy's wall, looking like a techno organic computer. There were a few chairs and a small series of tubes and wires that were ready to connect to their body. It...didn't look to fun, but dire times required dire methods.
Hacking into Stacy
NPCS: Pixle
The visible parts of Stacy weren't the only things the Ohm were attacking. Deep inside the core, an Ohm hacker had been tracing the ship's signals and being incredibly effective at it. Traveling amongst the millions of tubes and dataflow, the anti-virus programs and firewalls put up by the crew had left it mostly undaunted, and it was making incredibly rapid, dangerous progress. Even more so when it began to lay down creatures in all of the dataveins as it moved along, causing chaos and trying to overload the systems.
|| Attention Cortana, Andromeda. I believe that an Ohm hacker is trying to get to my main programming AI core. Due to the path it is undertaking, I calculate that we have around thirty minutes before it succeeds completely. It is also sending creatures to permanently disable the breathing and gravity functions on the ship. Both of you must hurry and get a small team of the crewmen to help you. ||
The situation could turn incredibly dire soon, especially if the ship already had a lot of complications that needed to be fixed. But this was a different beast entirely - an inside job that would require things not yet tested. Moreover, since a lot of the crew was currently occupied fighting off the Ohm, they'd need to get the team established very quickly.
Upon arriving to the room, the crew would notice a large laser-like machine that was attached to Stacy's wall, looking like a techno organic computer. There were a few chairs and a small series of tubes and wires that were ready to connect to their body. It...didn't look to fun, but dire times required dire methods.
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